A new poll finds that 45% of voters with an advance directive or living will have shared it with their healthcare proxy, but just 18% have shared it with their doctor. DLNews Health: The 2023 America's Health Rankings report is out, and the news is not great for the Golden State in three very differ...

By John Carey for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Pulitzer Center-Public News Service Collaboration.Methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases, is the major component of the biogas that seeps ...

DLNews Health: RIVERSIDE COUNTY – Blood banks nationwide are scrambling to find donors amid a supply deficit that complicates efforts to treat cancer patients and others needing transfusions. Doctors at Riverside University Medical Center joined county supervisors in calling Tuesday for residents to...

By Kate Wheeling for Nexus Media News. Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service CollaborationAfter a series of winter storms pummeled California this winter, thousands of trees across the state lost their grip ...

Rosa Isela Castro Vázquez was nine months pregnant when baby robbers cut open her womb. DLNews Crime: A MEXICAN WOMAN WAS NINE MONTHS PREGNANT   Rosa Isela Castro Vázquez (†20) had to die just because she wanted the best for her baby ... The Mexican from Veracruz was nine months pregnant when, on No...

By Megan Brown, Navy Office of Community Outreach   MILLINGTON, Tenn. - A native of Riverside, California, recently completed an intensive 10-week training program to become a member of the elite U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard.   Airman Irwinangel Monje, a 2019 Canyon Springs High School graduate, joine...

By Mike Moen/PNS During February, Americans are urged to pay closer attention to their heart health. Experts say new findings suggest it can keep your brain in better shape, and South Dakota has an opportunity to help with prevention. With American Heart Month underway, the American Heart Associatio...

By Suzanne Potter/PNS SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The U.S. does a poor job of steering students toward good jobs, according to a new study from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. The study found schools focus too much on getting kids to the next level, and not enough helping ...

By Pamela Price Tucked away in a small Mexican border town 45 miles east of San Diego, Rancho La Puerta has endeared itself to four generations of health enthusiasts since it was established in 1940 by Edmund and   Deborah Szekely. Now, after 80 years, ' The Ranch,' a bastion of hiking and healthy d...

Remembrances: A great shot of my friends and me with the love of my life Natasha and my cousin, both have their Birthday on Valentin's Day. What a crazy time we always had at Zelda's Night Club in the late '70s and '80s. Gorgeous girls were dancing their asses off. I just loved that place, and you n...

NEW YORK - Although Democrats now have a razor-thin majority in the U.S. Senate, political-reform advocates say to pass progressive legislation, the first will have to eliminate the filibuster. By requiring a 60-vote majority to bring most legislation to a Senate vote, the filibuster rule allows a m...